Mailing-machine.



K. E. SALOVAARA.

MAILING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5. 1914.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

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TED STAES PATENT KAARLO ENGELBERT SALOVAARA, JYVASKYLA, FINLAND, RUSSIA, ASSIGNOR T0 FIRM AKTIEBOLAG-ET FREDR. WAGNER, 01E STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN.

MAILING-MACHINE.

Application filed March 5, 1914. Serial No. 822,773.

is a specification.

The names and addresses are labeled on newspapers, in Finland as well as in other countries, first being printed on a sheet of paper, cut apart, gummed and by hand fastened on each paper. Another way is to cut longstrips from printed sheets on which the addresses are printed one after the other, these strips being. put in a machine driven by hand. The strips are directedby hand over a roller wetted with gum to a cutting apparatus, where the strip is cut; off and the cut piece is fastened on the newspaper at its proper place. This work requires much time and trouble and is a great annoyance when tens of thousands of papers have to be addressed in two or three hours time. t

In the machine invented by me the ad: dress is printed directly on the newspaper from the address lines, which are put togetherin the composing machine. The ad dress lines are arranged in suitable galleys or races. Each address contains the same number of lines, either one, two or more. The lines are conducted into the machine, which automatically separates the lines belonging to each address, and prints the address on the newspaper, which is carried at the same time in the machine. The used lines are carried away by the machine automatically in the same order, as are also the newspaper.

The machine can be driven by foot and the newspaper put in by hand, but when greater speed than three to four thousand an hour is wanted, the machine may be connected with a; paper feed machine and driven by a motor, or else may be connected directly with the printing machine.

Besides for addressing newspapers, the machine may be used to print addresses on envelops, etc- V t v In the accompanying drawings, showing by way of example, one embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation of' showing the means for conveying the pa- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

pers to be addressed to the printing mechanism.

The machine comprises the following parts: The galley 1 along which the address lines pass to the printing mechanism. The bottom of this galley consists of an endless thin sheet iron band 10', disposed around the pulleys 2 and 3, which by means of a belt receive their motion from the pulley fl. Said band moves slowly along, carrying the address lines to the end of the galley 1. A lever 5 is moved to its normal position by the eccentric 6, against the action of a spring 7 which causes the lever and the piece 8 which is fastened at its end to move so that the piece 8 is pushedtransversely into the galley, from which it pushes the address lines, through an adjustable opening at the side of the galley, to the space between the. jaws '9 and 10. The piece 8 is removable and may be replaced by other pieces adapted to the thickness of 1, 2, 3, or more address lines, which number it will push into the spacev between the jaws 9 and 10. The spring 11 presses the aws 9 and 10 toward each other, at the same time clamping the lines therebetween. When the lines are again about to be replaced by other lines, the jaws are separated by means of the eccentric 12, which engages the end of the bar 13 and so draws the jaw 9 away from thejaw 10. A race 14: leads the address lines away from the printing mechanism. A block 15 which, through the influence of the spring 16 is pushed into the race 14, causes the lines to move along after they have come into the race from between the jaws 9 and 10. An eccentric 17 draws the block 15 back to its normal position by means of a bent rod 16 movable in a fixed bearing 61. A hammer apparatus, 18, to the head of which is connected the Stamper 19, adjustable by means of screws and springs, presses the'newspaper against the address lines between the jaws 9 and 10. The Stamper is carried on a bent lever 80. A spring 20 acting on the lever 80 keeps the hammer apparatus raised, andan eccentric 21 produces the aforesaid pressing. Around pulleys 22, 23, 24, 25, 63 and 64 are drawn strings 62 and 65, which can-v the newspapers over the machine after they have been taken from the table and put between the strings either. by hand' or by a special paper feed machine. Weights 27 and 28 attached to rollers keep the strings V which moves the strings 62.

stretched. A belt 29 transmits rotary mo- 4 tion from the pulley 30 to the pulley 64 A wing 31 mounted on a shaft 69 is kept in a vertical position by the spring 32. The wing is thus held between the conveying strings so that each newspaper is stopped against the wing until the lever 33 through the influence of the eccentric 6 pulls the string 68 which is fastened thereto, and whose other end is wound around the shaft of 31, thus drawing the wing 31 to a horizontal position and permitting the newspaper to pass to a similar wing 34. There the newspaper again stops until the hammer 18 and the stamper 19 have performed the aforesaid pressing. Then the lever 35 through the influence of the eccentric 86 draws the wing 34 to a horizontal position so that the paper is free to pass to the stop 37. From this the paper is pushed by the wing 38, which gets its motion through the lever 39 from the eccentric 40.

The shaft 41 on which the aforesaid eccentrics as well as the pulleys 42 are 'fas tened gets its motion from the pulley 44 on the shaft 43. To the flywheel 45'is fastenedothe treadle 46. A belt may be put around the flywheel if the machine is connected to a motor. By means of a friction clutch 47, part of themachinery may be stopped without stopping the motor.. A

\ color ribbon passes from a roller 48 to the roller 49. A lever 50 connected with the bar 13, turns the roller 49,which winds the color ribbon upon itself. The address lines are pushed into the galley 1 from a table 51 while a table 52 receives the lines from the race 14.

The machine works as follows :The address lines move along the galley 1- tothe end thereof being conveyed by the moving bottom of the galley. Supposing that each address contains two lines, the piece 88 corresponds to this width. The spring 7 through the lever 5 causes the piece '8 to move in the direction indicated by the arrow. Then the piece 8 pushes in front of itself two lines from the galley 1 through the opening on its side, the opening being so widethat two lines easily may pass, but not more, into the space between the jaws v 9 and 10, the jaw 9 having already through Copies of this patent 'may be obtained f'or'fiveeents each, addressing "the"0oiiim1sione'r offdtntl;

31, this wing through the influence ofthe.

lever 33 and eccentric 6 israi's'edin a hori zontal position, thus permitting the conveying strings to carry the newspaper to the wing 34. Then the eccentrlc 21 engages the lever of the hammer apparatus 18,

causing the stamper 19 to press the news paper and the color ribbon under the same against the jaws 9 and 10 and the address lines between them whereby on the [paper there is made a'print of theaddress lines and the jaws 9jand10. The'prints of the jaws on each side of the address linesform broad ink lines, making the address more 7 noticeable. After this printing is performed, the stamper is raised and simulta-f neouslythe wing 34, and the paper, conveyed by the strings, arrives at the stop "37, whence the wing '38 pushes the papers. The shaft 41 has now made a complete rotation and the 'respectivespringsand eccentrics have drawn all the parts moved by them to their original positions. On its second turn again the eccentric 12 causes the space between the jaws 9 andj10 to be widened, simultaneously the piece 8'pushes the two lines. which have moved to the,

front, in between the jaws, from-wherethe former lines through the lines coming behind, arepushed into the" race '14, after which the. block 15 p'ushesthe lines so much ahead, that the lines'between the ja'wsiagain are free to pass to the race-14. Atthe same time the above described motion has continued. I

I cla m as my 111V61'lt1OIl' I- I In a malllng mach no, the combination of a galley for the address lines; a pair of jaws adapted to receive print lines therein; a piece adapted to. push thefadd'resslines from the galley into the space between said jaws; a race adapted torec'eive lines "from between said jaws when pushed out by incoming lines from said galley; a blockun said race; an endless band formingthe bottom of said galley a stamper 'oversaid jaws and the lines therebetween; ashaft passing transversely beneath the saidfgalley operative connections between said shaft and the endless band, said piece, saidbloc'l; and said stamper; conveying strings 'forpla'cing the papersbeneatlrsaid Stamper"; a win'g operated from said shaft for stoppingfthe paper sunder the Stamper; and a clutch on Washington, D. G. 

